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Black and White Photography For Sale
Artist: Michael Kenna
Artist: Danny Clinch
Sadakichi's Docks, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Runcorn-Widnes Bridge, Study 1, Widnes, Cheshire, England, 1973
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Overmat size is 16 x 20 - includes the archi...
Category

Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Rooftop View, Arles, France, 1987
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pont des Arts, Study 3, Paris, France, 1987
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Odeon Theatre, Study 1, Paris, Franch, 2011
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Erhai Lake, Study 6, Yunnan, China, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mountain Walk, Pyeongchang, South Korea, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Milford Sound, Study 1, New Zealand, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Louvre, Study 3, Paris, France, 2011
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 8, Hokkaido, Japan, 2009
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake, Study 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 2002
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 15, Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan, 2009
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 12, Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan, 2008
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hunter's Moon over Black Sea, Odessa, Ukraine, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hotel de Sully, Paris, France, 2000
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Evening Light, Lake Manipouri, Southland, New Zealand, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Erhai Lake, Study 3, Dali, Yunnan, China, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Eiffel Tower, Study 7, Paris, France, 1987
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chateau Lafite, Study 7, Bordeaux, France, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chateau Lafite, Study 4, Bordeaux, France, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chateau Lafite, Study 1, Bordeaux, France, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wanaka Lake Tree, Study 1, Otago, New Zealand, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Overmat size is 16 x 20 - includes the archi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tracks in Snow, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Overmat size is 16 x 20 - includes the archi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake, Study 1, Hokkaido, Japan, 2003
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 10, Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan, 2005
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Copse and Clouds, Omakau, Otago, New Zealand, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 7 x 9 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Harvest Moon Over Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 13, Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan, 2009
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chateau Lafite, Study 8, Bordeaux, France, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chateau Lafite, Study 3, Bordeaux, France, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Louvre, Study 2, Paris, France, 2010
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Biwa Lake Tree, Study 5, Omi, Honshu, Japan 2007
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fontaine due Palmier, Study 3, Paris, France, 2010
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Milford Sound, Study 2, New Zealand, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kussharo Lake, Study 5, Hokkaido, Japan, 2002
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chateaus Lafite, Study 9, Bordeaux, France, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Erhai Lake, Study 1, Dali, Yunnan, China, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 9 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Late Afternoon Rainbow, Tasmania, Australia, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chateau Lafite, Study 5, Bordeaux, France, 2012
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Erhai, Lake, Study 5, Yunnan, China, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Erhai Lake, Study 6, Yunnan, China, 2013
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Image size: 8 x 8 inches approximately. Over...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Philosopher's Tree, Study 3, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin Silver print mounted to archival board.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mountain Tree, Danyang, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin Silver print mounted to archival board. Stamped on verso with signature, title, number and date in pencil. Signed, numbered and dated in pencil on recto. Edition of 45.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Giza Pyramids, Study 5, Cairo, Egypt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin Silver print mounted to archival board. Stamped on verso with signature, title, number and date in pencil. Signed, numbered and dated in pencil on recto. Edition of 45.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Circle in Trees, Marly, France
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin Silver print mounted to archival board. Stamped on verso with signature, title, number and date in pencil. Signed, numbered and dated in pencil on recto. Edition of 45.
Category

1990s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fading Light, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin Silver print mounted to archival board. Stamped on verso with signature, title, number and date in pencil. Signed, numbered and dated in pencil on recto. Edition of 45.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greenhouse Structure, Study 2, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan, 2004
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Comes overmatted 20 x 16 inches. Price subje...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sixty Trees, Nakafurano, Hokkaido, Japan, 2004
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Overmat size is 16 x 20 - includes the archi...
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Charles Bridge, Study 1 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, numbered and dated on front of the mount. Signed, dated, numbered and titled with artist's copyright stamp on back of the mount. Edition of 90. Printed in 1982. Price subjec...
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Ratcliffe Power Station, Study 46, Nottinghamshire, England, 2003 -Michael Kenna
Located in London, GB
Ratcliffe Power Station, Study 46, Nottinghamshire, England, 2003 -Michael Kenna Signed, dated and numbered on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photographer...
Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Quixote's Giants, Study 5, Campo de Criptana, La Mancha, Spain, 1996
Located in London, GB
Quixote's Giants, Study 5, Campo de Criptana, La Mancha, Spain, 1996 Signed, dated and numbered on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photographer's copyrigh...
Category

1990s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Plane and Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006 - Michael Kenna
Located in London, GB
Plane and Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006 - Michael Kenna Signed, dated and numbered 2/45 on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photograph...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Perspective of Trees, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, 1999 - Michael Kenna
Located in London, GB
Perspective of Trees, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, 1999 - Michael Kenna Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photographer's Copyright ink stamp on reverse Sepia toned sil...
Category

1990s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Midtown Twilight, New York, USA, 2006 - Michael Kenna (Black and White)
Located in London, GB
Midtown Twilight, New York, USA, 2006 - Michael Kenna (Black and White) Signed, dated and numbered 5/45 on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photographer's ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Manhattan Bridge, Study 1, New York, USA, 2006 - Michael Kenna (Black and White)
Located in London, GB
Manhattan Bridge, Study 1, New York, USA, 2006 - Michael Kenna (Black and White) Signed, dated and numbered on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photographer...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lone Tree, Bibaushi, Hokkaido, Japan, 2004 - Landscape Photography
Located in London, GB
Signed, dated and numbered on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photographer's copyright ink stamp on reverse Sepia toned silver gelatin print 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lijiang River, Study 4, Guilin, China, 2006 - Michael Kenna (Black and White)
Located in London, GB
Lijiang River, Study 4, Guilin, China, 2006 - Michael Kenna (Black and White) Signed, dated and numbered 33/45 on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with ti...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lake Bridge, Hongkun, Anhui, China, 2008 - Michael Kenna (Black and White)
Located in London, GB
Lake Bridge, Hongkun, Anhui, China, 2008 - Michael Kenna (Black and White) Signed, dated and numbered 17/45 on mount Signed, dated, inscribed with title and stamped with photographe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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